Delete an archived generation of an object

Delete an archived generation of an object in a Cloud Storage bucket.

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• Use versioned objects

Code sample

C++

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C++ API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

namespace gcs = ::google::cloud::storage;
[](gcs::Client client, std::string const& bucket_name,
   std::string const& object_name, std::int64_t object_generation) {
  google::cloud::Status status = client.DeleteObject(
      bucket_name, object_name, gcs::Generation{object_generation});
  if (!status.ok()) throw std::runtime_error(status.message());

  std::cout << "Deleted " << object_name << " generation "
            << object_generation << " in bucket " << bucket_name << "\n";
}

C#

For more information, see the Cloud Storage C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

using Google.Cloud.Storage.V1;
using System;

public class DeleteFileArchivedGenerationSample
{
    public void DeleteFileArchivedGeneration(
        string bucketName = "your-bucket-name",
        string objectName = "your-object-name",
        long? generation = 1579287380533984)
    {
        var storage = StorageClient.Create();

        storage.DeleteObject(bucketName, objectName, new DeleteObjectOptions
        {
            Generation = generation
        });

        Console.WriteLine($"Generation ${generation} of file {objectName} was deleted from bucket {bucketName}.");
    }
}

Go

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
)

// deleteOldVersionOfObject deletes a noncurrent version of an object.
func deleteOldVersionOfObject(w io.Writer, bucketName, objectName string, gen int64) error {
	// bucketName := "bucket-name"
	// objectName := "object-name"

	// gen is the generation of objectName to delete.
	// gen := 1587012235914578
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := storage.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("storage.NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Second*10)
	defer cancel()

	obj := client.Bucket(bucketName).Object(objectName)
	if err := obj.Generation(gen).Delete(ctx); err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("Bucket(%q).Object(%q).Generation(%v).Delete: %w", bucketName, objectName, gen, err)
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Generation %v of object %v was deleted from %v\n", gen, objectName, bucketName)
	return nil
}

Java

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

import com.google.cloud.storage.BlobId;
import com.google.cloud.storage.Storage;
import com.google.cloud.storage.StorageOptions;

public class DeleteOldVersionOfObject {
  public static void deleteOldVersionOfObject(
      String projectId, String bucketName, String objectName, long generationToDelete) {
    // The ID of your GCP project
    // String projectId = "your-project-id";

    // The ID of your GCS bucket
    // String bucketName = "your-unique-bucket-name";

    // The ID of your GCS object
    // String objectName = "your-object-name";

    // The generation of objectName to delete
    // long generationToDelete = 1579287380533984;

    Storage storage = StorageOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(projectId).build().getService();
    storage.delete(BlobId.of(bucketName, objectName, generationToDelete));

    System.out.println(
        "Generation "
            + generationToDelete
            + " of object "
            + objectName
            + " was deleted from "
            + bucketName);
  }
}

Node.js

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Node.js API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

/**
 * TODO(developer): Uncomment the following lines before running the sample.
 */
// The ID of your GCS bucket
// const bucketName = 'your-unique-bucket-name';

// The ID of your GCS file
// const fileName = 'your-file-name';

// The generation of fileName to delete
// const generation = 1579287380533984;

// Imports the Google Cloud client library
const {Storage} = require('@google-cloud/storage');

// Creates a client
const storage = new Storage();

async function deleteOldVersionOfFile() {
  // Deletes the file from the bucket with given version
  await storage
    .bucket(bucketName)
    .file(fileName, {
      generation,
    })
    .delete();

  console.log(
    `Generation ${generation} of file ${fileName} was deleted from ${bucketName}`
  );
}

deleteOldVersionOfFile().catch(console.error);

PHP

For more information, see the Cloud Storage PHP API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

use Google\Cloud\Storage\StorageClient;

/**
 * Delete an archived generation of the given object.
 *
 * @param string $bucketName The name of your Cloud Storage bucket.
 *        (e.g. 'my-bucket')
 * @param string $objectName The name of your Cloud Storage object.
 *        (e.g. 'my-object')
 * @param string $generationToDelete the generation of the object to delete.
 *        (e.g. 1579287380533984)
 */
function delete_file_archived_generation(string $bucketName, string $objectName, string $generationToDelete): void
{
    $storage = new StorageClient();
    $bucket = $storage->bucket($bucketName);

    $object = $bucket->object($objectName, [
        'generation' => $generationToDelete,
    ]);

    $object->delete();

    printf(
        'Generation %s of object %s was deleted from %s',
        $generationToDelete,
        $objectName,
        $bucketName
    );
}

Python

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

from google.cloud import storage


def delete_file_archived_generation(bucket_name, blob_name, generation):
    """Delete a blob in the bucket with the given generation."""
    # bucket_name = "your-bucket-name"
    # blob_name = "your-object-name"
    # generation = 1579287380533984

    storage_client = storage.Client()

    bucket = storage_client.get_bucket(bucket_name)
    bucket.delete_blob(blob_name, generation=generation)
    print(
        f"Generation {generation} of blob {blob_name} was deleted from {bucket_name}"
    )

Ruby

For more information, see the Cloud Storage Ruby API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Cloud Storage, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for client libraries.

def delete_file_archived_generation bucket_name:, file_name:, generation:
  # The ID of your GCS bucket
  # bucket_name = "your-unique-bucket-name"

  # The ID of your GCS object
  # file_name = "your-file-name"

  # The generation of the file to delete
  # generation = 1579287380533984

  require "google/cloud/storage"

  storage = Google::Cloud::Storage.new
  bucket = storage.bucket bucket_name, skip_lookup: true

  file = bucket.file file_name

  file.delete generation: generation

  puts "Generation #{generation} of file #{file_name} was deleted from #{bucket_name}"
end

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